Gnarly is a British Sri Lankan female producer, live performer, DJ and educator. Internationally reknowned for her live finger drumming performances and online content. You can find her performing a highly skilled and captivating live show using Native Instruments Maschine.
With a BA (Hons) in Sound Arts and Design from the University of the Arts London, Gnarly is not only a multi-faceted talent in music tech but also a multi-instrumentalist. Creating genre-bending future beats you can vibe to in her music production and DJ sets as well as leading workshops, appearing on panels and radio shows to discuss online marketing, self promotion, music production and finger drumming techniques. She has spent the last few years working with a number of well known brands on promotional content creation for social media.
Her debut label release in 2020 featured on new independent label 4NC¥ created by Foreign Beggars founding member Pavan Mukhi. Gnarly featured on her first international compilation in 2020 with German label Dedicate in collaboration with art icon Hera, Stylefile and Nike.
She has worked with organisations such as Native Instruments, ROLI, LUMI, Novation, BandLab, Artiphon, SlateDigital, Sample Music Festival, Music Producer Convention, Secret Walls, Meeting of Styles, School of Bop, Wired4Music, Lyrix Organix, She Knows Tech Summit, Beats by Girlz and more.